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WITNESSES:

J. J. MOULE. Anoho' r,

Patented June 14,1881.

ATTORNEYS:

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NITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. MOULE, OF FlSHKILL-ON-THE-HUDSON, NEW YORK.

ANCHOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 242,958, dated June 14,1881. Application filed December 2, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. MoULE, of Fishkill-on-the-Hudson. in thecounty of Dutch ess, and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Anchors, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact descrip- -tion.

Anchors as usually made have two rigid fiukes projecting in oppositedirections from one end of the shank, an eyeor ring at theother end forconnection of the chain, and a stock passing through the shank at theend where the chain is connected. Such anchors hold by either fluke,and, as will be readily understood, the fluke end will be lowest in thebottom while holding, the other end of the shank remaining above orbeing in the bottom but a short distance.

The object of my invention is, first, to cause the anchor to sinkthroughout the whole length of the shank and to. give a hold on thebottom at both ends of the shank; second, to prevent the chain fromfouling on the stock.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of ananchor having my improvements; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing amodification.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the shank of the anchor, having rigid flnkes a a at one end and aneye or ring, 0, at the otherend for connection of the chain.

B is the stock, passing through an eye of the shank at the end where thechain is connected. These parts are substantially similar to those incommon use.

The shank A, as shown in Fig. 1, is formed at or near its chain end withtwo short rigid flukes, 1), extending in the same direction as theflukes a, and at about the same angle to the shank. The eye or ring 0 isbetween the two flukes b, so that the connection of the chain may swingthe distance between the flukes. This construction I prefer; but inadapting my improvement to an old anchor it 45 may be done as shown inFig. 2, wherein the single flukeb is fixed on saddle-plates e e, thatare pivoted to the shank by a pin or bolt, f, passing through the usualeye, to which pin the chain is connected. This construction allowsthefluke b to swing at either side to the angle required for holding.With either construction the fluke b at the under side of the shank asit lies takes hold upon the bottom, and in soft bottoms, as the fluke awill naturally go lower, the whole shank will be worked into the bottom,and the shank will hold at.

both ends. Thus, by aslight addition of weight the holding-power isdoubled, or nearly so, and at the same time the additional fluke orflukes do not interfere with the stowage of the anchor, as usual.

To the eye or ring 0 in Fig. 1, and to boltf in Fig. 2, a rigid link,(1, is connected, so that it may swing freely in the planeof the stock.This link cl is made of sufficient length to extend nearly to orslightly beyond the ends of stock B, and its outer end is formed with aneye for connection-of chain g. With this link the chain cannot getfouled with the stock B, and if caught under the ends of the stock thechain will readily slip ofi. The difiiculties heretofore connected withchains fouling are thus avoided, without interfering with the operation.and manipulation of the anchor.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claimas new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- An anchor having the shank A, with rigid endflukes, a a, at one end, an eye, 0, at the other end, an eye to receivethe stock B, and between said eyes the rigid fiukes Z) I), as shown anddescribed.

JOHN J. MOULE.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, 0. SEDGWIOK.

